The Public Scribe

1790

Jean-Jacques de Boissieu

Artist, French, 1736 - 1810

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with touches of roulette on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.6 x 41.8 cm (11 5/8 x 16 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 32 x 42.6 cm (12 5/8 x 16 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.58.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Boissieu 1878, no. 86, State ii/iv


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Prouté, Paris; purchased 1994 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1878

  • Boissieu, Alphonse de. J.J. de Boissieu, catalogue raisonne de son oeuvre. Paris: Rapilly; and Lyons: Auguste Brun, 1878.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: DB. 1790.; by later hands, lower verso in graphite: 86 / Vte. Monnier 11/(?) / 50 Boissieu / rare épreuve du 2me état le fond de la culotte du jeaune homme et blanc

Wikidata ID

Q75125337


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